Display holder for goods

ABSTRACT

A holder to be used for the display of goods, comprising a case and a drawer for sliding within the case, the drawer being provided with a tongue for the suspension of the holder. The tongue passes through a slot provided within the case and having a surface for locking the drawer inside the case in the closed position of the drawer.

United States Patent [72] inventor Jean-Marie Bisscbop 98, rue Gerard, Brussels. Belgium 121 App! No. 783,967 [22] Filed Dec. 16. 1968 [45] Patented Sept. 7, 1971 [32] Priority Dec. 18, 1967 [33] Belgium [31 708,114

[54] DISPLAY HOLDER FOR GOODS 3,171,565 3/1965 Nozette 206/45 34 X 3367,49] 2/1968 Dunhamnmu 206/78 3,444,995 5/1969 Sanders n 206/78 X 3,480,138 11/1969 Baker 206/78 FOREIGN PATENTS 852,434 10/1952 Germany. 206/45 34 1.480.373 4/1967 France 206/78 B Primary Examiner-Jordan Franklin Assistant Examiner-George H. Krizmamich Attorney--Holman & Stern ABSTRACT: A holder to be used for the display of goods, comprising a case and a drawer for sliding within the case, the drawer being provided with a tongue for the suspension of the holder. The tongue passes through a slot provided within the case and having a surface for locking the drawer inside the case in the closed position of the drawer DISPLAY HOLDER FOR GOODS BACKGROUND OF THE lN\ ENTION The present invention relates to a holder to be used for the display of goods, comprising a case and a drawer for sliding within the case.

Holders of this type in plastic material are known, in which at least the case is transparent so as to enable the would-be purchasers to see the merchandise contained inside the holder (nails, screws, haberdashery and the like), Generally, the case is provided in its rear wall with holes for the suspension of the case by the buyer. The sellers of this type of holder have encountered the difficulty of a pleasing, burglar-proof and economic appearance; present display appliances, of cardboard with stop flaps are of little practical value and do not solve the problem of locking the drawers when transporting the holders.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has for its object to overcome these disadvantages. For that purpose, the drawer is provided with a tongue for the suspension of the holder, with the tongue passing through a slot provided inside the case, and the tongue having a locking surface for the drawer inside the case, in the closed position of the drawer.

This new construction of the holders enables their suspen sion from standard-type display appliances, for example display appliances with hooks, the drawers being then blocked in the closed position, while it also facilitates their transportation without requiring any supplementary locking of the drawers.

According to a preferred form of embodiment of the invention, the tongue projects from the rear sidewall of the drawer in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the drawer bottorn.

For preference according to the invention, the tongue is provided at a distance from the drawer rear wall which is at least equal to the thickness of the case wall with at least one projection for making up the locking surface.

Other details and features of the invention will become apparent from the description given hereinafter by way of nonlimiting example of a form of embodiment of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view along line l-l of FIG. 2, the view looking in the direction of the arrows and being on a larger scale, of a holder according to the invention,

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the holder,

FIG. 3 is a side view of the case, which is part of the holder according to FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In the different Figures the same numerical references refer to identical elements.

The holder according to the invention comprises a case 1 and a drawer 2 for sliding inside the case 1, the case and the drawer being both of flexible, preferably transparent, plastic material.

The case I is defined by a top wall 3, sidewalls 4, rear wall 5 and bottom wall 6 while drawer 2 has a rear wall 7, sidewalls 8, bottom wall 9 and front wall 10. The drawer is movable into and out of the case through the open front end thereof and such movement is facilitated by a tonguelike member 11 provided on the front wall of the drawer 2.

The rear wall 5 ofthe case 1 is provided with a slot I2.

The rear wall 7 of the drawer 2 carries a tongue 13 positioned in a plane parallel to bottom wall 9 of the drawer, and which passes through the slot 12. The tongue has a rib 14 of triangular cross section positioned at a distance from the wall 7 slightly exceeding the thickness of the wall 5 of the case I The top edge of the slot 12 is provided with a gradient rising from the inside to the outside of the case while the rib 14 has a of WhlCi'l is directed towards the bottom wall 9 of the drawer, which, as the width of the slot 12 is slightly less than the thickness of the tongue 13 at the point of the rib 14- facilitates the passage of the latter through the slot.

On the opposite side to that provided with the rib l4 and close to the wall 7, the tongue is provided with a groove 15, while close to the free end thereof, it is provided with a hole 16. Lastly, the tongue will be advantageously provided with publicity matter 17.

lt will be easily appreciated that when introducing inside the case 1, the drawer 2, in which have been placed the goods offered for sale, the tongue 13 will pass through the slot 12, the obliquity of the projection 14 and of edge 17 of the slot will enable, by means of a slight push against the drawer and on account of the flexibility of the material of the case 1, the passage of the projection 14, with the latter providing a lockback assuring the locking in the closed position of the drawer during handling and transport operations of the same as carrying out the suspension, by means of the hole 16, of the holder on a hook display stand.

The device is suspended by the hole 6 of the tongue 3 by a seller after which a buyer or user breaks the tongue 3 from the rear wall 7 of the drawer 2 along the groove 5. The device is then secured horizontally from a wall or upright support by engaging keyhole openings 18 with suitable anchors in the wall. The tonguelike member 11 enables the drawer to be pulled out from the open end of the case.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the described form of embodiment and that many changes may be introduced therein without departing from the scope of the present patent application. Thus, the projection 14 may be provided on the opposite face of the tongue, its cross section may be varied, it may be replaced by a groove in which would penetrate a projection provided on the wall of the case, and the like.

I claim:

1. A holder to be used for the display of goods, comprising a case and a drawer positioned inside the case for sliding movement between opened and closed positions, said case having a top wall, sidewalls, a bottom wall, a rear wall and an open front, said drawer having a front wall, sidewalls, a bottom wall and a rear wall, said rear wall of the case having a slot, said rear wall of the drawer being provided with a tongue passing through said slot and serving as a suspension means for the holder when the drawer is in the closed position, and the tongue being provided with a locking surface for the drawer inside the case in the closed position of the drawer.

2. The holder as claimed in claim I, in which the tongue has a transverse groove adjacent said locking surface to facilitate the separation thereof from the rear wall of the drawer.

3. The holder as claimed in claim I, in which the tongue projects from the rear wall of the drawer in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the bottom wall of the drawer.

4. The holder as claimed in claim 3, in which the tongue is provided at a distance from the rear wall of the drawer which is at least equal to the thickness of the case rear wall with at least one projection which constitutes said locking surface.

5. The holder as claimed in claim 4, in which the projection has a triangular cross section extending across the tongue, the base of which coincides with the plane of the tongue and the side enclosing with the base the right angle being parallel to the plane of the rear wall of base from which the tongue projects through said slot 6. The holder as claimed in claim 5, .in which at least the edge of the slot of the case positioned on the side of the projection is provided with a profile inclined in the same direction as the inclined face of the projection.

7 The holder as claimed in claim 3, in which the tongue is provided close to the rear wall of the drawer with a transverse groove enabling its removal when using the holder.

8. The holder as claimed in claim 3, in which the tongue is provided with means for suspending the holder from a display 

1. A holder to be used for the display of goods, comprising a case and a drawer positioned inside the case for sliding movement between opened and closed positions, said case having a top wall, sidewalls, a bottom wall, a rear wall and an open front, said drawer having a front wall, sidewalls, a bottom wall and a rear wall, said rear wall of the case having a slot, said rear wall of the drawer being provided with a tongue passing through said slot and serving as a suspension means for the holder when the drawer is in the closed position, and the tongue being provided with a locking surface for the drawer inside the case in the closed position of the drawer.
 2. The holder as claimed in claim 1, in which the tongue has a transverse groove adjacent said locking surface to facilitate the separation thereof from the rear wall of the drawer.
 3. The holder as claimed in claim 1, in which the tongue projects from the rear wall of the drawer in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the bottom wall of the drawer.
 4. The holder as claimed in claim 3, in which the tongue is provided at a distance from the rear wall of the drawer which is at least equal to the thickness of the case rear wall with at least one projection which constitutes said lOcking surface.
 5. The holder as claimed in claim 4, in which the projection has a triangular cross section extending across the tongue, the base of which coincides with the plane of the tongue and the side enclosing with the base the right angle being parallel to the plane of the rear wall of base from which the tongue projects through said slot.
 6. The holder as claimed in claim 5, in which at least the edge of the slot of the case positioned on the side of the projection is provided with a profile inclined in the same direction as the inclined face of the projection.
 7. The holder as claimed in claim 3, in which the tongue is provided close to the rear wall of the drawer with a transverse groove enabling its removal when using the holder.
 8. The holder as claimed in claim 3, in which the tongue is provided with means for suspending the holder from a display stand. 